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Grasshopper . 
The male only is vocal. Two of thefe little ani¬ 
mals will vie with each other, and after a long con¬ 
tention in finging, meet and fight defperately. 
The female has an inftrument, with which fire 
pierces the ground to depofit her eggs. 
Grafshoppers have feveral ftomachs : fome authors 
think that they chew the cud. 
The domeflic and the field gryllus are the fame 
fpecies; the colours are different : the former being 
of a rufty brown, live chiefly in the dark, and thole 
who would take them need only to light a candle 
fuddenly, by which they will be fo dazzled and be¬ 
wildered, as to be incapable or finding tnen letieat , 
they are fond of fugar, never drink, love warmth, 
and eat bread, flour, &c. . 
Locusts . 
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Thefe are only occafionai vifitors in our happy 
country, therefore their hiftory cannot be properly 
admitted at any length ; yet* 
They are fo frequently mentioned in Holy Scrip¬ 
ture, that we feel peculiarly interefled about: them. 
They are compared to an army, whofe numbers are 
almoft infinite, and defcribed as rifing out of the 
earth, and purfuing a fettled march, purpofely to 
deflroy 
